I'm thinking about buying myself an AB box.
I mainly play guitar at church and usually play either electric or acoustic. However, there are times when I need to use both. I use the same pedalboard for both.
So my plan is to have one output going to the amp (electric) and one to the DI box and the PA for acoustic. I can put my tuner on and silently switch guitars easily.
I don't want to spend much on one as I'll not use it too often. Can you recommend a good one? Anything I should look for or avoid?
I guess I could also have one at the beginning to put both guitars into rather than swapping. Then I could press the footswitch on both pedals to change guitars?
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+1 on Lehle. The Radial ABY is also brilliant and cheaper.
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Got one of these too, they are transformer isolated, so hum free and it's been totally reliable. For £35 it's a much better option than a switchblade or similar
Pretty much the same as the bright onion, but £100 more expensive for a pretty red box
>:P If you can post a picture that'd be great.
How can I tell without trying whether on will ground the unused output? Do I want passive or active?
That one is different to mine so I cant say 100% if it's transformer isolated so I would check
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Analogman-ABY-Looper-Pedal-Analog-Man-/161423927027?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item25959da6f3
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This is the one I've got :
http://www.brightonion.co.uk/active-aby-pedal-with-isolated-second-output/
Good value at the new price if you can't find a used one, I'd be wary of the Analogman one without knowing whats in the box, a simple ABY is three jack sockets and two switches and can lead to all sorts of hum issues
EDIT - Just saw you are looking for an AB not a ABY - if you are only running one amp at a time just about anything will do
LOL- I'd take anything Mike made over the Bright Onion stuff. I had one item from them and literally threw it away it was that bad.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein